Hundhausen v. U. S. Marine Fire Insurance

*703This is a motion to discharge a supersedeas issued in pursuance of fiat of one of the Judges of this Court, superseding the execution of an order of commitment against G. W. Cook, one of the defendants in the case, for alleged contempt of process and orders of Chancery Court at Memphis.

The only question properly before us on this preliminary motion is the jurisdiction of this Court to grant writ of error and supersedeas in such cases. The merits of the cause of commitment need not be discussed at present.

By sec. 3155 of Code, it is provided that “either party to a decree of Chancery Court may…